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Why Amanda Bynes Is Pushing Away Family

Amanda Bynes' behavior lately can be summed up
non-elegantly as “crazy.” Yes, her tweets are bizarre. Yes, that video
was unsettling. Yes, her wig and fashion statements are weird, but what
we find most unnerving is the fact that it seems like her parents have
completely abandoned her.
Amanda tweeted that she is not in
contact with her parents, so we have no idea what they’ve tried to do to
help her, so we spoke to a psychologist (who has not treated Amanda) as
to WHY Amanda would possibly distance herself from her ‘rents, when she
so clearly needs help.

“Isolation and becoming seclusion are major signs or something wrong psychiatrically,” Harvard Psychiatrist Helen M. Farrell tells Hollyscoop,
“Often when people are depressed or having some sort of mood disorder
or derailment from reality or using more drugs, they start to shun their
family and start to isolate themselves.”
When
Britney Spears had her infamous “meltdown,” her parents stepped in and
forced her into a 5150 hold, which is basically committing someone to a
psych ward against their will.
Here’s the thing with Amanda, she
seriously believes she’s “doing nothing wrong.” She continually writes
that phrase over-and-over on Twitter. So how do you get Amanda the help
she needs when she doesn’t think she has a problem?
“There are
very strict criteria to involuntarily hospitalize someone to a
psychiatric unit. What needs to be proven is that there is a substantial
disorder of mood, thought or perception that is impairing judgement and
connection to reality. On top of that what needs to be shown is that
there is an immediate danger to that person or those around them.”
It’s sad because Amanda isn’t far from fitting that criteria.